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  • 08 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

reputational costs. Saving local newspapers isn’t Heese’s specialty, but he points to a recent trend of hedge funds buying up distressed local media outlets as having the potential to stabilize the market and resurrect local news. And... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

investment by two prominent hedge funds when the liquidity crisis caused the hedge funds to withdraw from the transaction. Dole must now reevaluate his options for securing the needed financing for this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609050 NEC Electronics Harvard Business School Case 209-001 Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

and a large fraction of its debt has come to be held by U.S.-based hedge funds that specialize in investing in distressed companies. Finally, Eurotunnel's business is extremely challenging to value and is faced with significant... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25

Course MaterialsMatrix Capital Management (A) Malcolm P. Baker and David LaneHarvard Business School Case 211-017 Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

this offer. In light of this recent news, the two private equity firms had come back to the Board with a revised offer. Now the Board must decide if it thinks the new proposal will satisfy the institutional shareholders, one of which is an activist View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

that cleans up to 80 may benefit by preventing criticism from environmental NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and by hedging against a toughening of regulation in the near future. However, a firm that spent $50 million more to get to... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global shocks and render consumption smoother. Countries do not accumulate reserves to be depleted in “bad” times. Instead, issuing domestic debt while accumulating... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge macroeconomic risks. This paper explores the effects of monetary policy rules, monetary policy uncertainty, and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

for Pentax into a hostile cash tender offer. A surprising sequence of events had caused a friendly merger agreement to fall apart, resulting in a boardroom coup at Pentax and the intervention of the Sparx Group, an indigenous activist Japanese View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

on the loan used to finance the Momentive buyout and allow issuance of senior secured notes. The case is set up from the perspective of a hedge fund that holds a fraction of Momentive's syndicated loan. The case serves as a vehicle for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

insurance space stands the hedge fund Nephila. Nephila must decide how best to take advantage of the newly presented market opportunities post hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. Nephila has a plethora of options as it brings capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516108-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-049 Curtis LLP: A Case on Cases A product market firm faces an inventory investment decision in the face of demand uncertainty. To hedge against some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

the role of trading in bankruptcy. We find that trading during the case leads to higher concentration of ownership, particularly among debt claims that are eligible to vote on the bankruptcy plan of reorganization. Active investors, including View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

FarriHarvard Business School Case 310-090 In late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, managing director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return Fund (WAR), one of Barclays Wealth's most promising offshore... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

pitch and better understand several key marketing principles. Leads to an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507045 Selling Biovail Short Harvard Business School Case 207-071... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

decision to launch a hedge fund in India, and the first years of the venture. It also profiles Nirva Patel and describes how they met, married, and managed the transition to a new life in Mumbai, including the impact on her career and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11

investors at all horizons. However, it also means that the scope for hedging liabilities using global bonds has increased, benefiting investors with long-dated liabilities. Finally, we show that the well documented negative stock-bond... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

be censored by the IMF for not supplying accurate data. Macri also signed an agreement with US hedge funds to settle a protracted dispute over the country’s failure to repay billions of dollars’ worth of bonds acquired at heavily... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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